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C. A. O. HAARVIG. SHIPPING BILL HOLDER.

No. 560,353. Patented May 19, 1896.

Voli/ceases, /Mf /M/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. O. HAARVIG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ANDREA J.HAARVIG.

.SHIPPING-BILL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,353, dated May 19,1896.

Application iiled November 14,1894. Serial No. 528,799. (No model.)

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. O. HAAR- vIG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShipping-Bill Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to order or shippingbill holders, such as are usedfor protecting bills while in the hands of teamsters.

The object of the invention is to secure durability, compactness, andcheapness of manufacture.

It consists of a pair of canvas covered boards or covers united by acanvas hinge, the latter being secured in a novel manner within aU-shaped spring-clamp.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of myimproved holder.

Fig. 2 is an edge view, the covers being folded back to open the clamp.Fig. 3 is an end view l looking into the opened clamp. Fig. el is adetail section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

The boards or covers are shown at A A and are oblong rectangular inform. They'are covered with canvas, the covering being continuousfrom'one to the other, so as to form a long limp hinge c. into aU-shaped spring-clamp B, the jaws of which close together. The back ofthe spring is flattened, so that in cross-section the spring` erablylined, as indicated at a', Fig. 4, so as to cover the strip C. The jawsof the clamp B are opened by turning the boards A A back,

This hinge is inserted as shown in Fig. 2. The angles of the clamp nowserve as fulcrums, upon which the covers turn as levers, and the jawsare drawn apart so that papers may be inserted or re- I am aware that aholder has been made in which the two leaves of the spring-clamp areparallel, and the board covers are continued into it and are eachjointed immediately outside of it. The jaws of the clamps are separatedin this form by placing a fulcrum-block between the boards when foldedback. I am also aware that in connection with the jointed boards a clamphas been used having a flattened back and a strip has been placed in thehinge so as to separate the inner ends of the sections of the boardslying within the clamp, and thereby securing the hinge within the clamp.I am not aware that such a holder has ever been made in which the boardsdo not enter the clamp. One advantage of this construction is that theclamp has greater capacity, and hence need not be so wide andcumbersome.

What I claim is- 1. In an order-holder or the like, the combination withthe covers or boards A, A', of the prolonged limp hinge a, aspring-clamp B comprising a piece of sheet metal folded with an open bowand having its edges brought t0- gether, the limp hinge being secured tothe inner surface of the bow of the clamp and being without attachmentto the side members thereof.

2. In an order-holder orvthe like, the combination with the covers orboards A, A', of a prolonged limp hinge a, a spring-clamp B comprising apiece of sheet metal folded with an open bow and having its edgesbrought together, such clamp inclosing the hinge, a rigid stripconforming to the inner surface of the bow and being inclosed within thehinge, and rivets for securing the strip, the hinge and the bow of theclamp together, the hinge being without other attachment to the clamp.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. O. HAARVIG.

Vitnesses:

E. E. BARTHOLOMEW, SPENCER WARD.

